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Events & Publications

President Trump signed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (“FY 2019 NDAA”) (H.R. 5515) into law on August 13, 2018. One subtitle of the FY 2019 NDAA, entitled the “Foreign Investment Risk Review …

In this video, corporate partners Andrew Foley and Ted Maynard discuss significant U.S. legal and regulatory developments during the third and second quarters of 2018 that may be of interest to Canadian companies and their advisors.

As an outgrowth of the Section 301 investigation that was conducted by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative concerning China’s laws, policies, practices and actions related to technology transfer, intellectual property and…

In this video, corporate partners Andrew Foley and Ted Maynard discuss the significant U.S. legal and regulatory developments during the fourth quarter of 2017 of interest to Canadian companies and their advisors.

In this video, corporate partners Andrew Foley and Ted Maynard discuss the significant U.S. legal and regulatory developments during the third quarter of 2017 of interest to Canadian companies and their advisors.

In this video, corporate partners Andrew Foley and Ted Maynard discuss the significant U.S. legal and regulatory developments during the second quarter of 2017 of interest to Canadian companies and their advisors.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
recently articulated a standard to determine what claims may be
barred against a purchaser of assets "free and clear" of claims
pursuant to section 363(f) of the…

On June 27, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") adopted final rules requiring resource extraction issuers to
disclose payments made to the U.S. federal government or foreign
governments for the commercial…

On June 16, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") announced proposed rules to modernize the property
disclosure requirements for mining registrants, with the objective
of aligning standards with current…

In this video, corporate partner Andrew Foley, a member of the
Canadian Practice Group, discusses recent U.S. legal and regulatory
developments that could have significant effects on Canadian
companies and their advisors.

In a recent decision, Tsareff v. ManWeb Services, Inc.,
the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals again held that an asset
purchaser may be liable for the asset seller's ERISA multiemployer
pension plan withdrawal liability,…

The American Lawyer honored Paul, Weiss for two
transactions at its 2015 Global Legal Awards: "Global M&A Deal
of the Year: Canada" for Burger King's merger with Tim Hortons, and
"Global Finance Deal of the Year:…

The American Lawyer has honored Paul, Weiss in the
publication's Global Legal Awards for "Global M&A Deal of the
Year: Canada." The firm was recognized for its role in the
CNOOC/Nexen deal, the largest-ever overseas…